Foreword by Eric Anderson Acknowledgments 1. Opening Pitch: Thinking about Sports Talk Radio Sports Talk Radio Theorizing Masculinities Development of Manhood in Twentieth-Century United States Masculinity and the Sports Media Media and Cultural Studies Critical Radio Studies Outline of the Book Part I THE CLIMATE FOR SPORTS TALK RADIO 2. The Sports Talk Radio Industry: From Rush to Rome Radio Deregulation and Talk Radio Sports Talk Radio: An Extension of Political Talk Radio? 3. Inside the Sports Radio Industry: Ads and Lads Influence of Advertising, Ratings, and Corporate Radio Sports Radio and Public Discourse Romantic Belief in Sports Hanging Out at the Station Part II READING SPORTS TALK RADIO 4. The Jim Rome Show : "Myspace.Com" For Men Jim Rome: Hip Sports Talk Radio Host Speech Codes and Themes: Learning How to Survive in the Jungle The "Jungle": A Site for the Performance of Masculinity Male Rite of Passage on The Jim Rome Show In-Group Humor on The Jim Rome Show The Contradictions of Masculinity 5. Race, Gender, and Sexuality in the Jungle Gender: Competing Masculinities Gender: Women in the Jungle Queer Eye for the Sports Guy The Race Card Rome Has No Class Jungle Nationalism Hegemony or Hope? Sports Talk Radio's Potential Part III THE AUDIENCE OF SPORTS TALK RADIO 6. In the Jungle with the "Clones" Interviewing the "Clones" The Entertainment Value Homosociality The Audience Does Social Issues 7.

Where Everybody Knows Your Name Cheers to Monday Night Football Lou From Lodi A Community of Callers Among the Clones Hooligans 8. A Sports Radio Intruder My Take on the Audience of Sports Talk Radio 9. My Final Take Sports Talk and Civic Discourse Sports and Sexuality Masculinity and Sports Notes Bibliography Index.